Parsonage Farmhouse And Attached Stores To North

Farmhouse with attached stores, likely dating from the late 17th century, with later additions and extensions. It appears the south part incorporates remnants of a medieval college demolished in 1756; a blocked doorway with a two-centred head in the south wall is visible evidence, as noted by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. The walls are of roughly-cut limestone rubble with roughly-cut limestone quoins, and the roof is of graduated greenslate with a stone ridge. There are two storeys plus attics. The east gable has four windows, arranged irregularly, mostly 19th-century cross windows with leaded glazing. An off-centre boarded door provides access. A small-paned window is located on the far right of the ground floor, and a trompe-l'oeil window is at the top left in the attic. A massive chimney with round shafts, offset from the ridge to the south, is a prominent feature, along with a smaller chimney in the apex of the east gable. The interior features two staircases, one with turned balusters and square newels, panelling in the rear ground-floor drawing room, panelled partitions – including one bearing the initials and date R & IA 1661 – and cornices in the upper-floor rooms. There is also a powder room behind the landing. Some panelling previously described in a Royal Commission publication has since been removed.